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U.S. Marine Corps WWII vet served aboard the battleship USS South Dakota
Bill Weed was majoring in economics at the University of Montana when he joined the U.S. Navy’s V-12 college training program in March, 1942. The program was designed to increase the pool of...
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7 Medal of Honor recipients to speak at California State University, San...
MEDAL OF HONORThere are three present day variations of the Medal of Honor. (L to R above): A wreath version designed in 1904 for the U.S. Army; the original simple star shape established in 1861,...
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B-24 bomber pilot flew 40 combat missions in the Pacific during World War II
B-24 bomber pilot Robert G. “Andy” Anderson made it through World War II with nary a scratch on his aircraft. “My claim to fame is I flew 40 combat missions in the Pacific and I never had a hole in any...
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Ret. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chuck Caldwell flew P5M Marlin seaplanes in the North...
Ret. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chuck Caldwell had two years of college under his belt at Louisiana State University when he enlisted in the Navy cadet program on Friday, Feb. 13, 1953. He took his pre-flight...
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Gen. Patton pinned Silver Star on U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Andy Allen
This is Part 2 of a story that ran in the March 24 edition of The Desert Sun U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andy Allen served with the 7th Armored Division during World War II. The division’s first major objective...
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British army vet survived Battle of Dunkirk, served in Commandos during World...
Frank Hunt fought in the British army, survived the Battle of Dunkirk and served in the British Commandos — an elite fighting force formed at the request of Prime Minister Winston Churchill — during...
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Cartoonist Murray Olderman served as U.S. Army officer during World War II
Most people familiar with Murray Olderman know him as an award-winning columnist and syndicated sports cartoonist whose work appeared in hundreds of newspapers for the better part of 35 years. But...
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British Army officer survived Battle of Dunkirk during World War II, later...
Edward Eveleigh joined the British Army reserves in 1936, while attending Oxford University in England. “When the war clouds gathered in 1938, I was called up, but only for six weeks,” he said. He...
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‘Wings of Freedom’ Warbirds landing in Palm Springs today
"Witchcraft," a B-24J Liberator, is displayed by The Collings Foundation in Bremerton, Wash. June 19, 2012. Witchcraft, a P-51C, and B-17 will be in Palm Springs Monday, April 22 until Wednesday, April...
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The Coachella Valley Airborne Association is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at the American Legion Herman Granados Post 739, 44-200 Sun Gold St., Indio. The group meets the first...
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